Figuring Things Out

A carpet from Balkh adorns our living room. It is a constant reminder old assignments with the UN in Afghanistan, of traveling long dusty ro...

I thought I knew a thing or two about Indian epics and classics.  Over the past months, two books and a podcast have undermined this notion,...

This is one of the most intriguing idioms I have come across. Translated from Hindi to English, it means, "To straighten one...

Long ago, when 40 thieves decided to hide their treasure in a cave, the chosen password was "Open Sesame!" Unfortunately they ...

Is there something about short trips that sharpens your powers of observation? This is the thought that crossed my mind after reading Anu...

What on earth is "valorization of expediency"?? I always look forward to reading OpEd articles by Bhanu Pratap Mehta . In his ...

"Welcome to Thebes" was one of the most unusual play I have seen at the National School of Drama in New Delhi. Directed by A...

`If a script has 20 to 35 signs, it is probably alphabetic, representing simple sounds. If there are 80 to 100 signs, it is probably based o...

Dhak-dhak, doki-doki, tun-tun ...these words may sound strange and funny but they all have one thing in common -- they describe the heartbe...

Growing up in a polyglot environment was quite confusing at times. During our schooldays, we used to look forward the summer vacations ...

The first time I remember hearing this word was in the movie " Junoon ", a movie based on Ruskin Bond's novel, "A Flight ...

An interesting new word. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he distinguishes between two intellectual virtues: sophia and phronesis . S...